European Arrest Warrants

(asked on 23rd September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, how many UK citizens have been extradited from the UK under the European Arrest Warrant; how long, on average, those citizens spend in custody before trial; how many such citizens were found to be not guilty; how much compensation has been paid to those found not guilty; and in each case, who paid that compensation.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 7th October 2020

The Home Office does not hold the information requested.

However, some statistics on the European Arrest Warrant are published by the National Crime Agency each year. These figures include a breakdown of the numbers of UK citizens extradited from the UK.

These figures are published at:

https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/how-we-work/providing-specialist-capabilities-for-law-enforcement/fugitives-and-international-crime/european-arrest-warrants

Compensation is not paid to individuals who have stood trial for a criminal offence and have been found not guilty.

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